{"product_id":"finding-freedom-a-cooks-story-remaking-a-life-from-scratch-9781250312341","title":"Finding Freedom: A Cook's Story; Remaking a Life from Scratch","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e**\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Bestseller**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom Erin French, owner of the critically acclaimed The Lost Kitchen, a \u003ci\u003eTIME\u003c\/i\u003e world dining destination, a life-affirming memoir about survival, renewal, and finding a community to lift her up\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLong before The Lost Kitchen became a world dining destination with every seating filled the day the reservation book opens each spring, Erin French was a girl roaming barefoot on a 25-acre farm, a teenager falling in love with food while working the line at her dad's diner and a young woman finding her calling as a professional chef at her tiny restaurant tucked into a 19th century mill. This singular memoir--a classic American story--invites readers to Erin's corner of her beloved Maine to share the real person behind the \"girl from Freedom\" fairytale, and the not-so-picture-perfect struggles that have taken every ounce of her strength to overcome, and that make Erin's life triumphant. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eFinding Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e, Erin opens up to the challenges, stumbles, and victories that have led her to the exact place she was ever meant to be, telling stories of multiple rock-bottoms, of darkness and anxiety, of survival as a jobless single mother, of pills that promised release but delivered addiction, of a man who seemed to offer salvation but in the end ripped away her very sense of self. And of the beautiful son who was her guiding light as she slowly rebuilt her personal and culinary life around the solace she found in food--as a source of comfort, a sense of place, as a way of bringing goodness into the world. Erin's experiences with deep loss and abiding hope, told with both honesty and humor, will resonate with women everywhere who are determined to find their voices, create community, grow stronger and discover their best-selves despite seemingly impossible odds. Set against the backdrop of rural Maine and its lushly intense, bountiful seasons, Erin reveals the passion and courage needed to invent oneself anew, and the poignant, timeless connections between food and generosity, renewal and freedom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eErin French\u003c\/b\u003e is the owner and chef of The Lost Kitchen, a 40-seat restaurant in Freedom, Maine, that was recently named one of \u003ci\u003eTIME Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e's World's Greatest Places and one of \"12 Restaurants Worth Traveling Across the World to Experience\" by \u003ci\u003eBloomberg\u003c\/i\u003e. She is the author of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling memoir, \u003ci\u003eFinding Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e, and features in Magnolia Network's \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Kitchen\u003c\/i\u003e, which is now in its third season. A born-and-raised native of Maine, she learned early the simple pleasures of thoughtful food and the importance of gathering for a meal. Her love of sharing Maine and its delicious heritage with curious dinner guests and new friends alike has been lauded by such outlets such as \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMartha Stewart Living, \u003c\/i\u003eNPR's \u003ci\u003eAll Things Considered\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Chew\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCBS This Morning\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Today Show\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal, Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eFood \u0026amp; Wine\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Celadon Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50598009209106,"sku":"9781250312341","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_da76c125-326d-4009-aea0-3c916404b0b5.jpg?v=1732181672","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/finding-freedom-a-cooks-story-remaking-a-life-from-scratch-9781250312341","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}